MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Omnicell, Inc. , a leading provider of patient safety solutions preferred by nurses, announced today the promotion of Renee Luhr, 45, to vice president of sales, reporting to Randall A. Lipps, Omnicell chairman, president and chief executive officer.
“I am delighted to announce Renee’s promotion,” said Lipps. “She has done an outstanding job as our vice president of corporate and clinical sales, expanding and deepening Omnicell’s relationships with group purchasing organizations, integrated delivery networks and corporate accounts. I am confident that in her new role as vice president of sales Renee will continue to make significant contributions to our company’s success.”
Luhr has served as Omnicell’s vice president of corporate and clinical sales since 2003. From 2000 to 2003, she was director of national accounts, a role in which she was responsible for the company’s national group purchasing organization relationships. Luhr joined Omnicell in 1999, first serving as vice president of marketing and Midwest Operations, managing technical operations, development, training, and marketing activities at Omnicell’s Midwest Operations facility.
Prior to joining Omnicell, Luhr had a seventeen-year career at Baxter Healthcare, playing a variety of roles in finance, sales and marketing. From 1998 to 1999, she was vice president of marketing and development, leading a product management organization of 60 individuals responsible for product development, product engineering, domestic marketing, communications, sales support, customer operations, and international business development. From 1995 to 1998, Luhr served as director marketing, with responsibility for the marketing, communications, sales support, customer operations, and training functions. Luhr has a B.A. degree in economics from Northwestern University.
About Omnicell
Established in 1992, Omnicell is a leading provider of patient safety solutions preferred by nurses. Improving patient care by enhancing operational efficiency, Omnicell solutions are used throughout the healthcare facility -- in the pharmacy, nursing units, surgical services, cath lab, and all the way to the patient’s bedside. The company’s MedGuard(TM) line of solutions for the medication-use process includes systems for physician order management, automated pharmacy retrieval, medication packaging, medication dispensing, and nursing workflow automation with bar code medication administration. For the medical-surgical supply chain, Omnicell provides open bar code systems, cabinet-based supply management, integrated open and cabinet-based systems, and Web-based procurement. More than 1,600 healthcare facilities use Omnicell solutions to help reduce medication errors, operate more efficiently, and decrease costs -- ultimately contributing to improved clinical and financial outcomes. For more information, visit www.omnicell.com.
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